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... turn ? Amazed , Confounded , to the dark recess I fly Of wood - hole ; straight my bristling hairs erect Through sudden fear : a chilly sweat bedews My shuddering limbs , and ( wonderful to tell ! ) My tongue forgets her faculty of ...
... turn ? Amazed , Confounded , to the dark recess I fly Of wood - hole ; straight my bristling hairs erect Through sudden fear : a chilly sweat bedews My shuddering limbs , and ( wonderful to tell ! ) My tongue forgets her faculty of ...
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... turning ; And we sighed as we stood by the lamp's dim light , To think him not more discerning . To think that a bachelor free and bright , And shy of the sex as we found him , Should there at the altar , at dead of night , Be caught in ...
... turning ; And we sighed as we stood by the lamp's dim light , To think him not more discerning . To think that a bachelor free and bright , And shy of the sex as we found him , Should there at the altar , at dead of night , Be caught in ...
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... turn not pale , beloved snail , but come and join the dance ? Will you , won't you , will you , won't you , will you join the dance ? Will you , won't you , will you , won't you , won't you join the dance ? " " Mr. Carroll's adaptation ...
... turn not pale , beloved snail , but come and join the dance ? Will you , won't you , will you , won't you , will you join the dance ? Will you , won't you , will you , won't you , won't you join the dance ? " " Mr. Carroll's adaptation ...
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... turn to gold ; Ab this he'd nunquam never . Carpsit arose to try the charm , Et in eodem minute It mutat into flavum gold , Ridet as spectat in it . His filia rushed to meet her sire , He osculavit kindly ; She lente stiffened into gold ...
... turn to gold ; Ab this he'd nunquam never . Carpsit arose to try the charm , Et in eodem minute It mutat into flavum gold , Ridet as spectat in it . His filia rushed to meet her sire , He osculavit kindly ; She lente stiffened into gold ...
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... turn us soon from hence , Nigerrimas ad sedes ; And all our lands and all our pence Ditabunt tunc heredes . Why should we then forbear to sport ? Dum vivamus , vivamus , And when the Fates shall cut us down , Contenti abeamus . " DE ...
... turn us soon from hence , Nigerrimas ad sedes ; And all our lands and all our pence Ditabunt tunc heredes . Why should we then forbear to sport ? Dum vivamus , vivamus , And when the Fates shall cut us down , Contenti abeamus . " DE ...
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